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October is National Principals Month National Principals Month recognizes the essential role that principals play in making a school great. Rachael George has served as principal at Sandy Grade School since 2014. In 2016 the school was honored as recipient of Oregon’s Whole Child award for providing a healthy, safe, engaging, supported, and challenging learning […]

Congratulations to the Sandy High Mock Trials Team. The Team competed this month in the Empire Mock Trials”Battle by the Bay” competition in San Francisco. Two team members won awards: Dylan Joyce was awarded #1 Guest Witness, and Dalton Lundry was awarded #3 Guest Witness

October is National Principals Month National Principals Month recognizes the essential role that principals play in making a school great. Superintendent Aaron Bayer believes Debbie Johnson is “hands-down the most qualified person to help OTA move successfully to the next level.” Johnson served as principal at Firwood Elementary School before taking on the District Teaching […]

The SAT measures a student’s college and career readiness. Students are considered college and career ready when their SAT section scores meet both the Math and the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing benchmarks. Percentage of students who met SAT benchmarks: 12th grade students Reading/Writing, Benchmark score: 480 Math, Benchmark score: 530 Sandy High 93% 79% Oregon […]

October is National Principals Month National Principals Month recognizes the essential role that principals play in making a school great. Throughout the month, we will highlight each of our principals for their tireless efforts in pursuit of excellence in education. Superintendent Aaron Bayer considers Kim Ball “a leader and role model among our school administrators.” […]

This week, all OTSD students learned about the actions they may need to take if there is a safety threat at their school. The instruction was based on the Run, Hide, Fight model for response. For more information about OTSD safety and security measures, visit: http://oregontrailschools.com/parents/student-safety/

Firwood Elementary, Sandy Grade schools see improvement, long upward trend in assessment scores. While results from Oregon’s Smarter Balance assessments remain static at the state level, OTSD continues to see an overall upward trend. Read the Sandy Post story at: https://goo.gl/1VmrPT Story and photo by Sandy Post Reporter Brittany Allen

The newly renovated playground is phase 1 of a multi-phase project. A new play structure was purchased with an $8,000 Clackamas County HEAL grant and Welches PTCO contributions attained through fundraisers and local donations. Additional phases will include adding more play pieces to the structure, picnic tables, buddy benches, and some natural elements such as climbing […]

If you have a three or four year old child, don’t miss out on this positive experience. Your neighborhood elementary school is offering “Little Steps to School Success,” a program to help your child get ready for kindergarten. Check our website for more information and to register for a session: https://goo.gl/f6aFqp.

OTSD uses FlashAlert to communicate emergency information and school closures to local news stations. Subscribe to receive the emergency messages via email at https://goo.gl/i6vXoe, or receive push notifications through the free FlashAlert Messenger app available from your app store.